The chairman of the Social Democrat Party (PSD), Liviu Dragnea, has been indicted on Friday in the case where he stands charges of incitement to abuse of office and forgery. His former wife, Bombonica Prodana is prosecuted in the same file, under the charge of abuse of office.
The executive director of the Teleorman General Direction of Social Assistance and Child Protection, Floarea Alesu is also investigated for abuse of office and incitement to forgery.
According to prosecutors “during July 2006 – December 2012 suspect Dragnea Nicolae Liviu, as President of the Teleorman County Council and president of the county organization of a political party, intentionally ordered defendant Alesu Floarea, at the time Executive director of the Teleorman General Directorate for Social Assistance and Child Protection to violate her professional duties by maintaining in office and with due payment of wages of two employees of the same institution.”
“In fact, the two people have worked for the Teleorman County organization of the political party whose president was the suspect Nicolae Liviu Dragnea,” the statement reads.
Dragnea was summoned to the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA)a few months ago to be informed that he has the status of suspect in the file in which his ex-wife Bombonica Prodana is prosecuted.
“It’s the same file my wife was called for. It’s related to the employees at the Child Protection who did not come to work and that I allegedly allowed this to happen. So, I am suspect in the file,” Dragnea said while leaving the DNA offices.
He added that he knows the two employees, but neither he nor his wife, were the ones to hire them.
“I took note and I must come to look over the file. Only after two or three days I will get the content and see what is about,” Dragnea said back then.